[Marxistindia] CPI(M) delegation visited Nuh and Gurgaon

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 11, 2023

 

Press Release

 

A delegation of CPI(M) leaders led by Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Basu
comprising of Rajya Sabha MPs AA Rahim and V Sivadasan, CPI(M) Haryana state
secretariat members Inderjit Singh and others visited Nuh and Gurgaon on
August 10 to take stock of the situation in the widespread violence on July
31 and after. This was the first opposition party delegation to reach the
violence affected region of Mewat. 

 

Following statement was released after the visit: 

 

The violence was not a chance happening but the result of well-orchestrated
handiwork with the intent of communal polarisation in order to garner
electoral dividends in the forthcoming Rajasthan assembly election and 2024
Lok Sabha elections. 

 

There is a series of lynchings of cattle farmers and traders with impunity
by cow vigilante armed bands in which the last one was the most brutal
episode of abduction of two Meo youth of adjoining village of Ghakmika of
Rajasthan and killed by setting them ablaze in a Bhiwani village of Loharu
in February. A prime accused in this ghastly crime Monu Manesar has been
under protection of the Haryana police to prevent Rajasthan police from
arresting him since then. 

 

The Mewat region is known for perfect communal harmony and there is no
history of communal riots. Mobilisation for the so called religious yatra
organised by Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad was entirely organised
from outside rowdy mobs equipped with arms. 

 

 It is a known fact now that highly outrageous and communally inflammatory
videos by Monu Manesar and others were made viral before the Yatra. The
apprehensions of local MLA and other prominent people of Nuh went unheeded
by the district authorities and gave a permission for it. 

 

The videos using derogatory language and the aggressive postures by
VHP-Bajrang Dal hoodlums after entering Nuh  worked as a trigger supposedly
with some local elements that led to violence resulting in the unfortunate
death of 6 persons including the young Imam of Gurgaon Anjuman mosque
attacked  at night by frenzied mob during the night. The mosque was allowed
to be vandalised and the Imam shot dead as police was not deployed there to
protect the vulnerable site. 

 

Worst of state sponsored retribution was perpetrated during the week long
curfew. Indiscriminate arrests and beating  of Meo youths in an one sided
repression is still continuing for creating a rein of terror in the town and
rural area of Nuh. Under the situation of curfew and internet suspension
bulldozers were deployed for mass demolition drive of shops, dwellings,
showrooms etc razed to the ground , fact that reveals the real intent of
curfew imposition which can't be otherwise justified without any local
rioting. Sufferers of the demolished shops in front of Nalhar Medical
College narrated their agony to the delegation. Leaders assured them to
strive their best for compensation of the huge losses  they have suffered.

 

The gravity of the destruction of demolition can be imagined by the suo moto
cognizance taken by Punjab and Haryana High Court ordering an immediate halt
to the demolition on Monday. Anyone passing through Nuh can't escape the
trail of destruction on either side of the road. What can be more
ignominious than the Magistrate openly telling the media that demolitions
were being carried out with orders of the Chief Minister attributing the
violence to the shopkeepers and other road side residents. Not feeling safe
migrant workers are leaving for their homes as police has failed to address
their safety concerns. 

 

The Party team met the distinguished persons of the town and came to know
the extent of fear and panic still being created to send an unambiguous
message across the country that a proper lesson has been taught to the
Muslims. 

 

The Party has appreciated the people of both communities for maintaining
peace among themselves keeping with their glorious past and not falling prey
to all kinds of communal provocations. 

 

The Party team is of the opinion that an impartial probe can be initiated
though a judicial inquiry under supervision of the High Court that is
already seized with the matter. 

 

Party demands lifting of restrictions on movement of people and restore
normalcy by taking action against the actual accused under the procedure of
established by law and not harass the innocent persons. It was wondering
that identified persons like Monu Manesar and others were not being arrested
so far.

 

 

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